Harvey Weinstein rape accuser from 26 years ago expected to testify at his trial: court documents

Harvey Weinstein is seen approaching the courtroom for his hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court on January 25, 2019. (Alec Tabak/for New York Daily News)

An unidentified woman, who has accused Harvey Weinstein of raping her in a Gramercy Park apartment more than a quarter of a century ago, will be a prosecution witness in his upcoming trial, newly unsealed court documents show.

The filings were made public on Friday by both sides in the case. The Hollywood film producer is slated to stand trial in September.

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Weinstein faces a minimum of 10 years behind bars on the top count of predatory sexual assault, which requires pattern conduct of charged or uncharged crimes. From context in the court documents, it appears the accuser’s testimony will be used to support the Manhattan District Attorney’s case against Weinstein for repeated conduct.

The filings contained few details about the alleged incident, and prosecutors argued that Weinstein’s side was not entitled to know much more about it. According to an April 25 filing by Assistant District Attorney Joan Illuzzi, the incident occurred “in the early part of 1993, at a residence located on Gramercy Park North (East 21st Street) in the evening.”

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Prosecutors said in the documents that the woman’s name had been given to Weinstein’s side and that she had accused Weinstein of forcing her to have sex with him.